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FRE-D A. YOUNG, on RUTLAND, VERMONT.

TURF-CUTTER.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

Application led April 7, 1910. Serial No. 554,030.

*i citizen of the United States, residing at Rutland, in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Turf-Cutters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cutters for turf and sod; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter-fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of the turf cutter. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the lower blade, taken o-n the line rc-m in Fig. `2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of t-he adj usting plate.

A is a supporting bar provided with a curved rear end portion B having an arm b arranged substantially parallel with and below the rear part of the bar A. -The bar A has a lug c at its front end which is provided with a downwardly inclined slot (l.

E is the lower cutter and guide which is formed of a substantially triangular plate bent to form a right angle on a line from one of its angles to the middle of the side opposite said angle. The cutter has sharp cutting edges e at its front, and the lower and horizontal portion e of the cutter forms a guide which runs on the ground.

F is an adjustable plate of triangular form secured in the angle between the vertical and horizontal portions Of the cutter E, by means of a screw f. The position of this plate can be adjusted, or it can be removed altogether, and plates of different size can be substituted for it. When the plate F .is removed the machine can be used as a sod cutter. l/Vhen the plate F is secured asshown the machine is adapted to cut grass at the edge of a lawn, and it discharges the cut grass clear of the lawn so that it can be swept up easily.

G is a circular cutter secured in front of and above the vertical portion of the cutter E. The cutter G has a sharp edge g all around it, and it can be turned around as the cutting edge becomes blunt. The cutter G is secured by means of a central bolt g which passes through t-he slot d, so that the position of the cutter G can be adjusted vertically with reference to the vertical portion of the cutter E. A clamping bolt It also secures the cutter G to the bar A after it has been turned to the desired position, and the bolt It engages with any hole of a series ot' holes z' in the cutter G.

I is a handle which is secured to a socket j at the rear end portion of the bar A.. The machine is pushed along by means of the handle and it is used chiefly to trim the turf at the edges 'of lawns.

What I claim is:

l. In a turf cutter, the combination, witha supporting frame having a slotted lug at its fro-nt end, and a lower cutter at the rear part of the said frame; of a front cutter, a bolt slidable in the said slotted lug and connecting the front cutter thereto and permitting it to be adjusted vertically, and a fastening device arranged eccentric of the said bolt and connecting the front cutter to the frame, thereby preventing the front cutter from being revolved upon the said bolt while it is being adjusted vertically.

2. In a turf cutter, the combination, with a supporting bar having an arm extending under its rear part., of a handle secured to the rear partof the said bar, a lower cutter secured to the said arm and having vertical and horizont-al portions, a triangular plate secured in the angle between the vert-ical and horizontal portions of the lower cutter, and a vertical cutter secured to the front end portion of the said bar above and in front of the vertical portion of the lower cutter.

3. In a turf cutter, the combination, with a supporting bar having an arm extending under its rear part and having also a slot at its front end portion, of a handle secured to the rear part of the said bar, a lower cutter secured to the said arm and having vertical and horizontal portions, and a vertical cutter disk adjustable circumferentially and provided with a central bolt which is movable in the said slot, said disk being arranged above and in front of the vertical portion of the lower cutter and adjustable Y ried by the U-bar and engaging the disk and adapted to serve as a pivot for the disk as the axle is adjusted.

5. A sod cutter, comprising a handle, a

5 U-shaped frame member having a socket formed thereon to receive the handle, an

angular knife blade secured to one end of the frame member, and a circular knife member at the other end of the frame mem- 10 ber, said knife being provided with an eccentric pivot and With a vertically adjustable axial pivot for regulating the depth of cut of the knife member.

In testimony whereof I have aHiXed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses. l5

FRED A. YOUNG.

Witnesses CHARLES YOUNG, LoUIs DURVIAGE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. C. 

